Study: Immigrants have positive impact on Ark.

The report — called "A Profile of Immigrants in Arkansas 2013" — was released Tuesday by the Little Rock-based organization.

Associated Press

A study released by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation says immigrants are having a positive impact on Arkansas through their investments in communities and economic productivity.

The report — called "A Profile of Immigrants in Arkansas 2013" — was released Tuesday by the Little Rock-based organization.

It says that for every dollar the state spent on services to immigrant households, it received $7 in immigrant business revenue and tax contributions in 2010. The report says the economic contribution of immigrants to the state in 2010 was $3.9 billion.

The study also says immigrants represent a small but growing part of Arkansas' population with immigrants making up about 5 percent of Arkansas' 2.9 million residents. That's less than half the national average of 13 percent of the population.